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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ō'ver-mĕr'it, n.p. 931Excessive merit. Bacon.
  2. O'ver-mick'le, a. & adv.p. 931Overmuch. [Obs. or - Prov. Eng.]
  3. Ō'ver-mīx', v. t.p. 931To mix with too much. Creech.
  4. Ō'ver-mōd'est, a.p. 931Modest to excess; bashful.
  5. Ō'ver-mŏd'est-ly, adv.p. 931Too modestly.
  6. Ō/ver-moist', a.p. 931Excessively moist.
  7. Ō'ver-moist'ūre, n.p. 931Excess of moisture.
  8. Ō′ver-mōre′, adv.p. 931Beyond; also, moreover. [Obs.]
  9. Ō'ver-mōr'rōw, n.p. 931The day after or following to-morrow.
  10. Ō'ver-mōst, a.p. 931Over the rest in authority; highest. Ainsworth.
  11. Ō'ver-mount', v. t.p. 931To mount over; to go higher than.
  12. Ō/ver-mūch’, a.p. 931Too much; exceeding what is necessary or proper.
  13. Ō'ver-mŭch', adv.p. 931In too great a degree.
  14. Ō'ver-mŭch', n.p. 931More than sufficient.
  15. Ō'ver-mūch'ness, n.p. 931Superabundance. [Rare and inelegant.] B. Jonson.
  16. Ō'ver-mul'ti-plý, v. t.p. 931To multiply too much; to repeat too frequently or too many times.
  17. Ō'ver-mūl'ti-tūde, v. t.p. 931To exceed in number; to outnumber. [Obs.] Milton.
  18. Ō'ver-nāme', v. t.p. 931To name over or in a series; to recount. [Obs.] Shak.
  19. Ō'ver-nēat', a.p. 931Excessively neat. Spectator.
  20. O'ver-nīce', a.p. 931Excessively nice; fastidious.
  21. Ō/ver-nīce′ly, adv.p. 931In an overnice manner; too nicely.
  22. Ō'ver-nīght', n.p. 931The time when evening is past and night is begun: more usually, the night following yesterday, or the previous evening. If I had given you this at overnight, She might have been o'ertaken. Shak.
  23. O'ver-nīght', adv.p. 931During the night; more usually, during the night previous, or the night following yesterday; yesterday night; last night. I had been telling her all that happened overnight. Dickens.
  24. Ōver-noise', v. t.p. 931To overpower by noise. [Obs.] Cowley.
  25. Ō'ver-nū'mer-oŭs, a.p. 931Excessively numerous.
  26. Ō'ver-of-fĕnd'ed, a.p. 931Offended to excess. Steele.
  27. Ō'ver-ŏf'fĭçe, v. t.p. 931To lord it over by virtue of an office. [Obs.] Shak.
  28. Ō'ver-of-fi'cious, a.p. 931Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too importunate. Collier.
  29. Ō'ver-pāint', v. t.p. 931To color or describe too - strongly. Hill.
  30. Ō'ver-päm'per, v. t.p. 931To pamper excessively; to make luxurious, as in dress and the like.
  31. Ō'ver-pärt', v. t.p. 931To overburden with duties; to give too important a part to. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  32. Ō′ver-pāss′, v. t.p. 931To pass over; to neglect; to overlook; to disregard. All the beauties of the East He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed. Milton. 2. To go over; to cross; as, to overpass a river. 3. To omit; not…
  33. Ō′-ver-păss′, v. t.p. 931To pass away; to cease by passing away. In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpassed. Psalm lvii. 1.
  34. Ō'ver-păs'sion-ate, a.p. 931Passionate to excess.
  35. Ō'ver-păs'sion-ate-ly, adv.p. 931With too much passion.
  36. Ō'ver-pā'tient, a.p. 931Patient to excess.
  37. Ō'ver-pāy', v. t.p. 931To pay too much, or more than is due. 2. To reward beyond the price or merit. Prior.
  38. Ō'ver-peer’, v. t.p. 931To overlook; to hover over. [Obs.] Shak.
  39. Ō'ver-pēo'ple, v. t.p. 932To overstock with inhabitants.
  40. Ō'ver-pĕrch', v. t.p. 932To perch over or above; to fly over. Shak.
  41. Ō'ver-pĕr'emp-to-ry, a.p. 932Too peremptory.
  42. O'ver-per-suāde', v. t.p. 932To persuade or influence against one's inclination or opinion. Pope.
  43. Ō/ver-pĕs'ter, v. t.p. 932To pester exceedingly; to plague excessively. Raleigh.
  44. Ō'ver-piet'ūre, v. t.p. 932To exceed the representation or picture of; to picture or represent in an exaggerated manner. Shak.
  45. Ō'ver-plēase', v. t.p. 932To please excessively. “The original members of the assembly not overpleased thereat.” Fuller.
  46. Ō'ver-plus, n.p. 932That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune. Addison.
  47. Ō'ver-ply', v. t.p. 932To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor. Milton.
  48. Ō'ver-poise', v. t.p. 932To outweigh. Browne.
  49. Ō'ver-poise, n.p. 932Preponderant weight. The moths, with that great overpoise of wings Which makes a mystery of them how at all They can stop flying. E. B. Browning.
  50. Ō'ver-pŏl'ish, v. t.p. 932To polish too much. Blackwall.
  51. Ō'ver-pōn'der-oūs, a.p. 932Too heavy; too depressing. Neither can I think that . . . you would impose upon me an unfit and overponderous argument. Milton.
  52. Ō'ver-pōst', v. t.p. 932To hasten over quickly. Shak.
  53. Ō'ver-pō'tent, a.p. 932Excessively potent; too powerful.
  54. Ō'ver-pow'er, v. t.p. 932To affect with a power or force that can not be borne; as, the light overpowers the eyes. 2. To vanquish by force; to subdue; to reduce to silence in action or submission; to defeat. Syn.—To…
  55. Ō'ver-pow'er-ing-ly, adv.p. 932With superior force.
  56. Ō'ver-prāis'ing, n.p. 932Excessive praise.
  57. Ō'-ver-prĕss', v. t.p. 932To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm. Swift. 2. To overcome by importunity.
  58. Ō'ver-prize', v. t.p. 932To value or prize at too high a rate. Wotton.
  59. Ō'ver-pro-dūc'tion, n.p. 932Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. I know not of any economical facts . . . which can give rise to the opinion that a general overproduction of commodities ever presented itself in…
  60. Ō′ver-prŏmpt′, a.p. 932Too prompt; too ready or eager.